West Ridge Nature Preserve, Park Advisory Council (PAC)

Chicago Park District

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Events and Activities

Make Family Nature Days a Continuing SuccessOur
popular Family Nature Days have already begun. They occur monthly on a
Saturday or Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through September. Sign up
under Education on theContact Pageand
express your interest in setting up, helping with activities, leading
and activity, taking photos or other ideas you may have.

Lend a Hand at Stewardship Work DaysHelp beautify our nature preserve by joining the crew on Stewardship Work Days. These
days occur on the third Saturday of each month through October or
November, depending on the weather. The crew works from 10 a.m. to noon.
Sign up under Environment on the Contact Page. Roll up your sleeves and pitch in clearing invasive species, removing debris and spreading existing seeds.

Join Our Corps of Citizen Science MonitorsImagine a pleasant walk around a peaceful pond and through the oak woods, individually or with a group. At the same time, you will contribute to the preservation and restoration of native wildlife at our preserve and area wide through data collection. In addition to frogs and toads, butterflies, odonates and singing insects, we will be monitoring macroinvertebrates, bats and reptiles. Sign up under Environment on the Contact Page. You will receive training. Also, we monitor in teams which develops camaraderie and helps new members see and hear.

Share Your Love of Fishing with Children

Our Kid's Fishing Clinics take pace on the pier. Help the next generation learn to bait hooks, cast, and real in. Of course, they have to release what they catch, but they learn the the basics and the different kinds of native species in the pond. Sign up under Education on the Contact Page.